Text: Zhou Zheng
I like to sing the song "My Motherland" written by Qiao Yu. You can see Qiao Yu, it was the early summer of 2004.
Li Haifeng, the boss of the Penglai Eight Immortals Seaview Area, wanted to write a song of the Eight Immortals and asked Qiao Yu to compose lyrics.
Through our friends in Beijing, we contacted Qiao Yu's son Qiao Fang, and relayed Li Zong's meaning to Qiao Fang, who came to Penglai for this matter, saying that he was Qiao Yu's agent, of course, this creation was paid.
Mr. Li agreed, and Qiao Fang came with Qiao Yu after returning to Beijing, along with Qiao Yu's wife.
Mr. Li arranged for them to stay at the Eight Immortals Hotel, which was the highest standard reception in Penglai at that time.
I received a call from Li Zong, rushed from Longkou to Penglai at noon, met Qiao Yu at the Wangying Building in the Eight Immortals Seaview Area, talked to Qiao Yu when drinking at noon, and he said humorously: He is a big smoke and a big wine.
Maybe it was the same at first sight, maybe it was the literati who cared for each other, at noon that day, Qiao Yu and I drank a bottle of Wuliang liquid, and I quit drinking for twenty years.
After three glasses of wine, Qiao Yu showed his atmosphere and boldness, and he said humorously: In the Chinese literary circles, they all call me Mr. Qiao, and you also call me Mr. Qiao. A bottle of wine reached the bottom, he put his arm around my shoulder and called me brother, really have the style of a good man in Liangshan, he said that the most admired in his life is the Liangshan brothers, the most honorable person in his life is Confucius, he once playfully said that he wanted to play Confucius, although he could not act, this is his hope in his lifetime.
During the small talk, I asked him: Dude, you have written a lot of lyrics in your life, which one is the most proud. He said without thinking: The most proud is "My Motherland".
He also talked about the creation of the theme song of the movie "Shangganling".
The crew returned from filming in North Korea, there was only the scene in the tunnel, the crew set up a scene in the courtyard of Changchun Film Studio, Director Sha Meng invited Qiao Yu to write lyrics, Qiao Yu and composer Liu Chi lived in the Changchun Film Studio Guest House, almost a month, Qiao Yu just did not come up with his own satisfactory lyrics, this morning he got up early in the morning and went out for a walk, determined to resign to the director after breakfast, he really could not write. He strolled to a small river, saw that the river was clear, someone was fishing, and the walker said, such a big river.
Qiao Yu suddenly woke up, his dull heart opened, he hurried back, wrote three lyrics of "My Motherland" in one breath, and when he ate breakfast, he gave the lyrics to Shamen, who took over and watched for half an hour and said: This is it.
Qiao Yu said to me: In any person's heart, the river in his hometown is a big river, especially the volunteer soldiers who go abroad to fight will miss the river in their hometown.
As a result, a large river with wide waves has sung until now, becoming a masterpiece.
He also talked about the creation of the song "Unforgettable Tonight" of the finale of the Spring Festival Gala, when Qiao Yu was in the Spring Festival Gala crew, the director asked him to write a song at the end of the party, because he was too busy, he did not have time to write for a while, until it was close, the director urged him, he promised the director to make a difference tomorrow morning. That night he drank a little too much, went back to his bedroom, and suddenly remembered that the director wanted the lyrics and was going to write them, and when he didn't find the paper in a hurry, he took apart a cigarette box paper and wrote the lyrics on it with a pencil.
The next morning, the assistant director came to ask for lyrics, and Qiao Yu was still drunk, saying: On the table.
The assistant director found the cigarette case on the table and took it.
"Unforgettable Tonight" has become the finale of the annual Spring Festival Gala. When Ha Wen was the general director of the Spring Festival Gala, he wanted to take out "Unforgettable Tonight", but there was no other song to replace.
That day, Qiao Yu and I did not sleep, picking up the lamp and talking for a long time, mostly talking about the creation of his songs, which all have his stories, accidents and inevitabilities.
It is said that the creation of the theme song of the TV series "Liaozhai" is accidental, but it has become inevitable.
Director Xie Jin asked Qiao Yu to write lyrics for the TV series "Liaozhai", Qiao Yu entered the crew, he found that the actors were talking about Liaozhai and the crowd of onlookers was also talking about Liaozhai, so he was inspired to write "Talking about Liaozhai", and recommended that Wang Liping compose the music, he ordered, to have a rap style of Liuqin tune. And recommended by Peng Liyuan to sing.
Of course, Qiao Yu also talked a lot, and I admired his good talk and memory, when he was already seventy-seven years old.
Penglai has been separated for eighteen years, the voice of the elder brother is always in front of me, and the words of the elder brother are often in my ears: "The sea and the sky, the white clouds and the foal, history is a strange old man." No one he wants to leave can be driven away, and no one he wants to send away can be saved. I pay the theory to passers-by through the ages, and I dedicate my pride to the boatmen of the stormy seas. ”
Joe is gone, like a butterfly in the lyrics, flying away, leaving only those popular works, accompanied by the rushing Grand Canal, singing in the ancient and rich land - the rice blossom fragrance on both sides.
One point number Zhou Zhengwen said